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Black Sunday

Name: Black Sunday
Director: John Frankenheimer
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1977
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats

An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.

1977 · Directed by John Frankenheimer · 143 min · Action · Drama · Thriller · 10 frames

Tagline

It could be tomorrow!

Crew

Screenplay: Ivan Moffat, Kenneth Ross, Ernest Lehman
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Edited by: Tom Rolf
Music: John Williams
Produced by: Robert Evans

Cast

Robert Shaw as Kabakov
Bruce Dern as Lander
Marthe Keller as Dahlia
Fritz Weaver as FBI Agent Sam Corley
Steven Keats as Moshevsky
Bekim Fehmiu as Fasil
Michael V. Gazzo as Muzi
William Daniels as Pugh
Walter Gotell as Colonel Riat
Pat Summerall as Pat Summerall

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Paramount Pictures, Robert Evans Productions
Budget: $8,000,000
Box office: $15,769,322
Themes: 1970s, plo terrorist group, terrorism, american football stadium, terrorist attack, super bowl, dirigible

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